This measure would recognize June 12, 2016, as the 118th Anniversary of Philippine Independence and would call upon the people of the state to observe the month of June with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.
This measure would designate June 22, 2016, as California Nonprofits Day and recognize the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.
This measure would request the Congress of the United States to support and build a central Veterans Affairs Hospital in Orange County.
This bill would recognize the month of June 2016 as Portuguese National Heritage Month.
Existing law requires the custodian of a will to, within 30 days after having knowledge of the death of the testator, or upon a petition for probate of the will being filed earlier, deliver the will to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the estate is administered and mail a copy of the will to the executor or as otherwise specified. Existing law requires the clerk of the court to release a copy of a will delivered under those provisions for attachment to a petition for probate of the will or on receipt of payment of the required fee and either a court order for production of the will or a certified copy of a death certificate of the decedent. This bill would additionally require the release of the copy of the will upon the payment of the required fee and receipt of an informational certified copy of a death certificate, as specified.
Existing law establishes various state water policies, including that the protection of the public interest in the development of the water resources of the state is of vital concern to the people of the state and that the state shall determine in what way the water of the state, both surface and underground, should be developed for the greatest public benefit. This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to develop a state water policy that gives priority to the formation of joint powers authorities that are formed to address critical surface water storage needs and to funding of the joint powers authorities' surface water projects. The bill would make findings and declarations of the Legislature, including, but not limited to, that, of the water storage projects available, the Temperance Flat Dam and Sites Reservoir will meet statewide goals and provide specified public benefits to the greatest extent.
Existing law requires the court to order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay restitution to the victim or victims for the full amount of economic loss, unless the court finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states them on the record. Existing law specifically requires a defendant subject to the aggravated white collar crime enhancement, and a person convicted of a felony involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, or fraud, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, to be ordered to make full restitution to the victim or to make restitution to the victim based on his or her ability to pay. This bill would require the court to order full restitution and would make technical, nonsubstantive changes. The bill would state the finding of the Legislature that these changes are declaratory of existing law.
